National Westminster Bank

MAIN STREET 1. 5166 (east side) No 55 National Westminster Bank. (Formerly listed as No 55 (District Bank) and Bank House) SD 6178 NW 5/83 12.2.62 II GV

1. Mid C19. Two storeys and attic. Classical. Ashlar. Slate roof. Seven bay facade with pedimented break forward in fourth and fifth bays. Four chimneys with setbacks. Banded restication to ground floor. Plinth, first floor sill band, entablature and blocking course. Sunk plain surrounds to ground floor windows with deeper sunk panels under. First floor windows have single roll on arris. All windows sashed with all glazing bars except left hand side ground floor, sashed, and bays four to seven, modern fixed. Doorways in third bay and in centre of break with cornices on elaborate consoles. Four panel doors. Rectangular fanlights. Hipped stone dormer with slate hung cheeks. Interior. In vestibule and banking hall mahogany doorcases with cornices on consoles. Panelled counter with fluted Doric pilasters. Staircase with semicircular end. Stair with stone treads and foliated cast iron balusters. On first floor large room with panelled window reveals down to floor.

Listing NGR: SD6115978714